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FRANCIS M. HUFF AND JOSEPH TAYLOR, OF \VARREN, INDIANA.

FLOUR AND MEAL CHEST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,155 dated February22, 1887.

Application filed December 14, 1885. Serial No. 185,646. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that W6,FRANOIS M. HUFF and JOSEPH TAYLOR, citizens oftheUnited States, residing at Warren, in the county of Huntington andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOombination Flour and Meal Chests; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in combination-chests for flourand other articles, and is designed to produce a device of generalutility for kitchen use; and it consists of a body with drawers andshelves surmounted by an extended back containing bins with removableglass panels, slides at the bottom, boxes or pans under said slides, anextensible kneading-board, and other parts hereinafter mentioned,thewhole combining in small space and a convenient ornamental form suchparts as facilitate the operations preparatory to baking, and alsoutilizing such portions of the device as would otherwise be of no use asreceptacles for the tools and conveniences used.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a general perspective view of thedevice; Fig. 2, a vertical section from front to rear; Fig. 3, apreferred form of drawer or tray.

The main portion or base of the device consists of a chest, A, withdrawers B on one side, and shelves 0, Fig. 2, on the other side, thelatter being accessible through the door D.

The top of the chest A is formed by the kneading-board E,which may bemoved out or in at pleasure,stops F being provided on the under side forlimiting the outward rhovement, the

, said stops F engaging against the front of the chest A. By raising thefront of the kneadingboardE when extended the stops F may be raisedabove the front upper edge of the chest A and the said board removed forcleaning or other purposes;

The drawers and shelves may be used for various purposes and for thereception of the implements used, as well as being always a convenience.

On the chest A is erected a back, G, of sufficient thickness to containthe bins H for flour or meal, or both. These bins H extend from the topof the back G,where they are provided with a removable cover, I, to nearthe lower part of said back G. The lower parts of the said bins H aresomewhat contracted, and are there provided with an opening or passagenormally closed by the slides K, which are accessible from thefront. Therecessesformed for the reception of the back end of the slides K areprovided with a downwardly-leading opening, L, so that the flour or mealthat is forced into the said recesses on the cutting off of the flowfrom the bins by the operation of the slides K will have an escapeprovided and prevent clogging. Under the opening of each bin H rests apan, M, which may be entirely removed on the pushing aside of the slidesN, which travel laterally in grooved ways 0, arranged below the slidesKand above the kneading-board. These slides N prevent the entrance ofdirt to the pans M,while they do not in the least interfere with theremovalof the same.

The pans, as represented in Fig. 2, are entirely concealed in thechamber or space under the bin, the front of said space being closed byslides N, and they are too small to fill the chamber in eitherdirection,and as they should extend under the passages L they cannot beused to close the front of the chamber.

The fronts of the bins are provided with glass panels P, which rest insuitable grooves and may be entirely removed through the top, as isevident from Fig. 2.

The flour being removed from the bottom of the bins, mold or niustinessis obviated, and the said flour subjected to an airing every time theslides are worked.

'When notin use,the pans M may be used for the reception of theimplements used in bread or cake making or other like operations.

The bins H being above the kneading-board E, the entrance ofobjectionable matter into obviate clogging with flour or meal that mightsift in and be compacted between the tray and its inclosing-walls. Saidform also facilitates the entire removal of the contents of the tray.The slides N and grooved ways 0 are done away with, as the fronts of thesaid trays M are flush with the front surface of the upward extension Gand are made suffieiently large, as above explained, to fill the openingin the extension, While they are also long enough from front to rear toextend under passage L.

The shape of the trays permits their use as mixing-pans for dough, andbeing closed at the front prevent the escape of flour-dust.

We claim- 1. Combined with the bins with openings at the bottom, slidesK for regulating the flow from said bins, and moving in suitablesupports or ways under the said openings at the bottom of the bins, saidbins having under their rear ends a recess for the reception and supportof the back end of the slide and downward passages from said recess, forthe purpose speciiied.

2. Combined with the bins having normallyclosed openings at the bottom,removable pans extending under openings L in the shelf-support undersaid openingssaid pans having rectangular fronts and backs and inclinedor beveled sides, said fronts being sufiiciently large to close theopening into which the tray or pan is inserted and located therein, andsaid backs extended to the rear of openings L, and the rear support forthe slide, provided with the said openings L, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANCIS M. HUFF. JOSEPH TAYLOR.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN W. SURRAN, HARRY H. GoYER.

